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Metallic Foam That Destroys Bullets
Posted on 4/27/16 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 4/27/16 at 7:16 pm
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Imagine some body armor that is as light as foam.
WNHI
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Researchers at North Carolina State University created a bubble-filled metal composite that combines the strength of steel with the airiness and heat-resistant properties of foam. In tests with armor-piercing bullets, a one-inch layer of the material stopped the projectile in its tracks while allowing only an 8-millimeter indentation on the other side. Afsaneh Rabiei, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University, claims her version of metallic foam is the strongest yet.
Imagine some body armor that is as light as foam.
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Posted on 4/27/16 at 8:38 pm to jmarto1
But will it stop 510 Wells?
Posted on 4/27/16 at 8:39 pm to jmarto1
So, foam with metal balls in it?
Why the frick don't I think of this stuff?
Why the frick don't I think of this stuff?
Posted on 4/27/16 at 9:00 pm to jmarto1
30-06 AP
Or
5.7 AP?
Big difference.
Or
5.7 AP?
Big difference.
Posted on 4/27/16 at 9:23 pm to Ice Cream Sammich
30-06 M2 AP
Posted on 4/27/16 at 9:33 pm to Clames
That's going to hurt like a SOB
Posted on 4/28/16 at 6:55 am to jmarto1
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In tests with armor-piercing bullets
Do they mean actual armor piercing stuff or just FMJ? Most of the time these kinds of tests are written by the firearm-illiterate crowd.
Posted on 4/28/16 at 7:30 am to jimjackandjose
I will take hurt over dead every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Posted on 4/28/16 at 7:43 pm to shawnlsu
This technology is in it's infancy. I'm sure the applications will be pretty extensive. Wouldn't mind having my car doors filled with this stuff though.
Posted on 4/28/16 at 9:08 pm to jmarto1
quote:
. Wouldn't mind having my car doors filled with this stuff though
WTF? Don't you manage a Hooters in Houma? What the hell are you doing down there?
Posted on 4/28/16 at 9:13 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:
So, foam with metal balls in it?
Metal with air bubbles, of uniform size, in it.
Posted on 4/28/16 at 9:29 pm to bapple
According to other articles they used the standard M2 AP round. Very sharp high Brinell (over 600HB) tool steel penetrator in those rounds, will punch though 1.5" of mild steel.
Posted on 4/28/16 at 9:40 pm to jmarto1
It looks like a big chunk of a Hershey's cookies and cream candy bar
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